100 years ago: “L.M. Wayt, of Ignacio, spent yesterday in the city on matters of business, incidentally buying a suit of new clothes, a pair of shoes and a couple of fancy umbrellas at the Gold Rule Store for the big celebration now on in the gateway town.”
75 years ago: “Workmen from Durango Paint Co. this week began work painting the cabin recently built by C.F. Corzelius place at Granite Peaks on the Pine.”
50 years ago: “La Plata Fire Volunteers spent a total of four-and-one-half hours putting out fires in Santa Rita. Three of the fires were the possible products of arson.”
25 years ago: “Some people travel great distances to get married, but Joergen Kielland and Donna Burgess of Durango only went 20,000 feet – straight up, that is. They exchanged vows on a Cessna 421 aircraft as it circled the area. ... Rev. Sam Holt of the First Baptist Church performed the ceremony in flight, his first ever on a plane.”
Most items in this column are taken from Herald archives, Center of Southwest Studies and Animas Museum. Their accuracy may not be verified.
